So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity.
It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.